Sleigh.



c. ALIWEITMORE.

SLEIGH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1907.

Patented Oct; 27, 1908 CHARLES A. WETMORE, OF WATSON, NEW YORK.

SLEIGI-I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed. May 15, 1907. Serial No. 373,820.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. VVET- iuonn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at W'atson, in the county of Lewis and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleighs; andIdo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it app'ertains to make and use same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sleighs, andthe object of the invention is to produce means whereby the runners mayhave movements independent of each other and of the reach upon which thebox of the sleigh is mounted, thereby allowing the runners to conform toirregular tracks without straining the box.

My invention consists in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in. the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a side elevation of my improved sleigh, a portion being shown invertical section. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A andA designate two runners of a sleigh which are connected together by thecross-piece B which has pivotal connections with the ears C which arefixed to the upper edges of the runners near their forward ends.

D designates a bolster having metallic plates D fixed to the oppositeedges thereof near their ends and each of said plates is provided with avertical slot or groove E. The lower edge of each of said plates andalso portions of the bolster which rest upon the blocks K which arefastened to the upper edges of the runners are slightly curved, as shownclearly in the sectional view of the drawings, whereby the bolster mayhave a rocking movement. Rising from said block K are the posts N, thetops of which are fastened to the brace strap 0, the ends of which arefastened at O to said block K and to the runner. Said posts are spacedapart a sufficient distance and adapted to be positioned one in each ofsaid slots or recesses E and are provided for the purpose of allowingthe bolster to rock slightly and still be held in place upon therunners. Each end of the bolster is similarly held and each runner, itwill be noted by the construction shown, is allowed a movementindependent of the other.

I designates a reach, the forward end of which is fastened to thecross-piece B, and brace strips 1 are fastened at their forward ends tothe segment bar J and their rear ends secured to the cross-piece R whichis fastened to the bolster, and upon which the sleigh box is adapted torest.

By the construction ofsleigh shown and described, it will be noted thatthe runners may tilt independent of each other, thereby allowing onerunner to go into a depression or over an irregular portion of a trackwithout moving the other, and without any interference with the box.

What I claim is A sleigh comprising runners, a block mounted upon eachof the latter, posts rising from said blocks, a truss bar fastened atits ends to each block and having a horizontally disposed and aperturedportion through which the upper ends of said posts extend, a bolsterrecessed upon said opposite vertical faces adjacent to its ends, theinner ends of each recess terminating in shoulders, the up per and lowersurfaces of the bolster intermediate the oppositely disposed recessedportions being convexed, a flangeless plate posi tioned in each recessand having its upper and lower edges curved to conform respectively withthe convexed surfaces of said bolster, fastening means passing throughthe plates and adapted to hold the inner ends thereof against saidshoulders, each plate having an outwardly projecting portion extendingbeyond the front and rear faces of the bolster and vertically groovedfor the re- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my ception of saidposts, the inner eildges of the signature in the presence of twoWitnesses. plate being coneaved and fins with the 1 opposite front andrear faces respectively of CHARLES VETMORE' the bolster, the outer edgesof the plates be- \Vitnesses:

ing concaved and flush With the convexed A'MAsA S. STODDARD, end of thebolster, as shown and described. 7 CHAS. L. KNAPP.

